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Precisely. Me thinks Graveman has value. i would take tapia over engel for free tho.

Ramos and Rodriguez seem like no brainers. Who else will be added?

And acquire an OF that fits pretty much no team team needs, and biggest move is acquiring a guy that wasn’t good last year. Maybe a bit dramatic but replace Conforto with Tapia and I like it alot more. I’d also hang onto Graveman.

May as well trade everyone if this is the plan.

I would love Clevinger at 2/$20M. I think that’s the exact type Of move they need to finish out the starting 5.

This makes pretty much zero sense. So I doubt it happens

LOLZ

This is kinda my concern. I fully expected Pollock to be back, but now we need two OFs. I guess worst case Sheets can hold down LF until Colas arrives, but Pollock honestly would have been useful to have around for what really amounts to a net cost of $8M. Now if that $8M is intelligently reallocated, it could be good news, but IMO the Sox are slightly worse today than they were this time yesterday.

Those guys suck.

The coaching staff, and the fact that pretty much all their best players were either hurt, bad or both. That might matter too, idk.

Yeah, that $5M buyout sucks. 1/$8M sounds about right for AJ. At least you can squint and see a useful player there if his at bats against tough RHP are limited. And certainly provides some injury insurance you noted.

Problem with that is Sox then need 2 OFs. Can you find one better than Pollock for 1/$7M? Maybe…but the net cost is about right

Its really not that difficult of a situation to figure out. It is actually quite simple, really.

How in Benintendi in the OF? He doesn't play any RF. While not ideal, probably not a deal breaker as Colas can cover RF. But we'd be back to the Pollock in RF games to start 2023. Gallo's being a pretty good OF helps a lot. I think there is a decent chance he'd a solid player. But he'd be third on my list after Nimmo and Conforto.

Gallo.

I think the Sox have made themselves pretty clear on the Jose front.

Between Leury, Sheets, AV and Eloy, they should be able to cover the 15 or so games until Colas takes Sheets spot on the roster. Mendick and Romy can both play a corner if needed too, and will likely be on the roster. Doubt Mark Payton survives the offseason on the 40 man, but he's out of options so could let him break with the club too if needed. You could also just throw Cespedes in the fire if you had to to cover a couple weeks. Honestly, he won't be much worse than 2022 Engel. They have options. Its likely a month at most until Colas is in Chicago.

This is the way forward. Nimmo should be plan A, B and C. Assuming that bidding exits the Sox comfort level, Conforto, Gallo, and to a lesser extent Benintendi and Brantley should be all be the next tier. They have options.

Misread the post.

Haseley does not have the ability to reject. So he'll stay in the org. Not awful non-40 man insurance to have in Charlotte.

I am sure Balta will tell you his numbers are better, but I have it more like $168.8M at the moment, not including signing bonuses spread across multiple years, a differed $1M due to Abreu, etc. True salary is $168.8M. I also believe Sox final 2022 payroll was $197M. Guaranteed Lynn - $18.5M Grandal - $18.25M Moncada - $17M Hendriks - $14M Pollock - $13M (player option with $5M buyout) Anderson - $12.5M (team option) Jimenez - $9.5M Robert - $9.5M Kelly - $9M Graveman - $8M Garcia - $5.5M Bummer - $3.75M Diekman - $3.5M *This assumes White Sox turn down Harrison's $5.5M team option* *Other impending FA's include Abreu, Cueto, Valasquez, and Andrus* TOTAL GUARANTEED = $142M Arbitration Eligible *updated based on MLBTR projections* Cease (arb 1) - $5.3M Kopech (arb 1) - $2.2M Mendick (arb 1) - $1M Giolito (arb 3) - $10.8M Lopez (arb 3) - $3.3M Engel (arb 3) - NON TENDER (MLBTR projection of $2.3M) Ruiz (arb 1) - NON TENDER (MLBTR projection of $1M) Crochet (pre-arb) - $700k Gonzalez (pre-arb) - $700k Lambert (pre-arb) - $700k Sheets (pre-arb) - $700k Vaughn (pre-arb) - $700k Zavala (pre-arb) - $700k TOTAL ARB = $26.8M; TOTAL PAYROLL = $168.8M The White Sox 2022 payroll was ~$197M, so this gives the Sox around $30M to spend to match 2022 payroll

Depends on who you ask, but yeah, Sox should have somewhere between $25-30M AVV to spend on the 2023 roster to stay under$200M, and around where they were were this past season.

I am thinking 1/$12-14M, with a $20M team option with $3M buyout. So $15-17M guaranteed.

Crick should be able to reject the assignment, and surely will. Not sure if Haseley has enough service time, and since he was once a fairly highly regarded prospect, I doubt he's been outrighted before. He may actually stay in the org.

He means attaching something like Joe Kelly and Leury to AV. The Sox aren't going to do that, though.